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Personally, I think abolishing ICE is an irresponsible, short-sighted position. The correct moderate position is to abolish the DHS and start all over.

Minneapolis shows us the only way out Today, we will see the closest thing to a general strike in the US since 1946. Much of Minnesota will simply say, "Hell, no," to the lawless, vicious, and absurdly unnecessary assault on their neighbors by the Trump regime's Department of Homeland Security.

The two speeches Trump gave in Davos—rotting belligerence for elected representatives of somewhat multiracial democracies and cooing ingratiation for the richest men alive—represent both the spectrum of the nightmare he represents and what makes that nightmare possible.

Zelenskyy has played "a bad hand," to use Trump's metaphor ironically, better than it's possible to imagine, for longer than the US was in WW II. That requires brutal precision about the threats around him. I'd hope anyone who cares about freedom takes his critique of Europe's mindset to heart.

The two speeches Trump gave us the full spectrum of why Trump is such a nightmare: Jeering belligerence for elected representatives of democracy; supplication and ingratiation towards the richest men on earth, who make all his horrors possible.

"Systems adapted to attention scarcity outcompete those that aren’t, regardless of ownership." Sitting with this. May help explain to me why the resistance to Trump is so effective when he's in power compared to when he's campaigning. We adapt by necessity.

It's half-assed 80s homophobia, and I hate to think who the audience is for this. But if he runs this hard against Republicans and not the billionaire class, Musk and Thiel and everyone he's tried to woo for decades will just devour him.

Zelenskyy has played "a bad hand," to use Trump's metaphor ironically, better than it's possible to imagine, for longer than the US was in WW II. That requires brutal precision about the threats around him. I'd hope anyone who cares about freedom takes his critique of Europe's mindset to heart.

Lot of night shift workers looking for MN content to boost in solidarity. We love you guys

Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC

Chat, should you try to scam a former NFL player by pretending to be a current NFL player?

So one of the things you have to do when running for office is fill out questionnaires for organizations you’re trying to earn support from. Quite pleased to report that one of my answers from the one I filled out tonight was, verbatim, “Fuck ICE.”

i still cook people in this game

The Traitors tonight… WHEW.

The Pitt tonight… WHEW.

The bad part about traveling with so much vital embodiment shit is I have to unpack the second I get in no matter how exhausted I am. The good part is at least then the unpacking is done

if western leaders want their publics not to warm to the chinese model, they need to actually deliver not just say “china bad”

CNN must be on some other internet i don't know about

Here’s the final part of this week’s four-part Better Offline Enshittifinancial Crisis special. I walk you through how ignoring the horrifying margins and practices of the AI industry sets VC and our markets up for catastrophe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Just incredible that the Europeans put one over on President Deals. How could this have happened?

This is a demented set of headlines

I have landed! I have acquired my luggage! My very exhausted and saintly wife has acquired me and handed me a Dr Pepper! We will be home shortly!

Every few days I feel like I do something astounding and impossible with Claude Code. I get why some people don't like it (you don't need to tell me). As an assistive tool, it's a wonder worker. It's consistently doing stuff for me I've wanted done for ages, just by telling it what I needed done.

WOWOWOWOW THANK YOU!!!!! If anyone else wants to mail us warm projects, please send them to 7016 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626 (and include your name, address, email, occupation, and employer bc we need that for the FEC with in-kind donations)

I am shocked, shocked I tell you

This is the o.g. in my opinion

well now I’m just going to be living on homemade crab cakes from now until I die

You know how sometimes you're afraid that if you throw a party no one cool will actually show up? This is like the worst case scenario of that. Trump tried to throw a party and no one cool showed up at all.

ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER MADE

Forgot I had the flash on so please enjoy my Cat of Light

By the time this is over there’s going to be like $12bn a quarter of depreciation charges and a PP&E pile the size of Utah. I don’t think this kills Meta but I believe it begins its slow, painful collapse. You can’t run a business like this without killing the golden goose by getting greedy.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It'll be ready for publication in 2029.

how (if at all) can we support the minnesota general strike on friday from afar?

bad day so i'm gonna watch the pilot to Sliders, my favorite TV show of all time, for the first time in many many years

Last week Michael Fanone said it was time for Americans to take up arms and defend their communities from ICE, now he tells Trey Nehls "Go fuck yourself" during a live congressional hearing 😂

"Now we may understand where in the brain [liliputian hallucinations] originate"—somebody making several key assumptions

You know I don’t think we talk enough about how annoying Mario’s life is. It’s mostly boring and sometimes you have to play weird party games with three different people who have kidnapped your girlfriend at least 9 times. She is also queen of an entire kingdom of the most annoying little men.

"Hallucinate" or "see"?

I never did get into TikTok and, well, don’t think I’m gonna start now

the sword i ordered while very drunk on new years eve just got here. apparently drunk me also loves moby dick

once upon a time news reporters would ask a followup of the subject, requesting they explain what they meant

you KNOW you messed your life up bad when your passing inspires school children to make up rude rhymes about you

The Jack Smith hearing made me think about how much the fracturing of the media environment facilitated the spread of absolute horseshit. www.pbump.net/o/the-jack-s...

Charlie Kirk’s demise has spawned an entirely new cruel shoolyard rhyme

canadians are so gutted we’re no longer invited to the board of war criminals. canada can find better friends than the people trump’s assembled for his sham effort at a reputation boost.

Trump is fracturing our alliances with western democracies and building an alliance with a bunch of autocrats. www.pbump.net/o/trump-is-u...

And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization. Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard. www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...

And just like that, the US has exited the World Health Organization. Link goes to agitprop: www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...

just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history

I really thought I didn’t like stand up comedy back in the 2000s, but I’m getting back into it now and I’ve realized that I just didn’t like listening to white boys in polo shirts make jokes about date rape

Is he going to mail him a printout of the Truth Social post or

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They never miss a chance to blame their victims

hello, The Twin Cities

the destruction of local news has done more damage than just about anything else to our ability to process reality as a country and this is a shining example of why

Shoutout to the adorable cashier at Trader Joe’s who saw me buying their unsweetened soy milk and said, “You know, that really does taste like soybeans”

“There’s a lot of times,” Beltran said, “you get caught up thinking at that moment, and there’s a lot of times where … we did take it to a different level, meaning on finding ways to beat the opposing team.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...

I've started playing a little Civ6 again and have revived my tradition of naming my in-game religion "Femboy Hooters" every time.

Reminiscent of how they removed mention of trans people at the Stonewall National Monument

Judge's refusal to approve charges against Don Lemon in connection with Minnesota protest reportedly ‘enraged’ Pam Bondi.

Was wondering this at the time - where was that Luddite group that was in the New York Times when there was a real deal opportunity to protest Altman going on the Tonight Show? Are they going to protest GTC? Or OpenAI Dev Day? Seems like a lot of opportunities. open.substack.com/pub/houseofm...

This is great but am surprised that @notpodium.bsky.social hasn't stopped by already with the correction.

When you dump your Canadian girlfriend. She did not dump you!

yeah I wouldn’t sweat it mark www.pbump.net/o/trump-is-u...

every now and then I have to take a minute to sit and process what a petulant baby he is

Vox populi, vox dei.

Earnings gonna be nasty aren’t they

I may have to join Threads just to heart this post.

RIP coalie, you met your inevitable fate

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I apparently need to buy groceries that don’t require cooking because we were without electricity for days last time Cruz fled in advance of a winter storm.

Queen behavior from Paige as usual.

I apparently need to buy groceries that don’t require cooking because we were without electricity for days last time Cruz did this.

Today 7 Dems betrayed our communities voting to give more money to ICE to further expand surveillance & raid operations. @golden.house.gov , @gluesenkampperez.house.gov @repcuellar.govpeeps.us @replauragillen.bsky.social Laura Gillen & Vicente Gonzalez www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-01...

also the kid in the row ahead of me is watching TikTok without headphones

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If I make it through this flight without strangling the entrepreneur douchebro behind me I want a gold star

The audio really makes it. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThA7SwMe/

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

Read this for the podcast and it's hella good

if he is a bitch, you must not convict

me (procrastinating on Book 1 by writing my novel but stalled on the novel): what if i wrote a gay romance set on a polar expedition

Will this deal turn US TikTok into a propaganda tool for the Trump administration? Probably, yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

Campaign campaign goes live in 10 minutes!!!! Don’t miss it!!!! twitch.tv/katabughazaleh youtube.com/@katmabu

Anyway they're about to start boarding the flight and they say it's going to Baltimore so let's see if anyone decides to give me shit about the fact I'm wearing a wireless TENS pad

Physical media built secondhand markets, swaps, and libraries thanks to the First Sale principle. Without it, digital media is hollowing out those spaces and leaving us with cheap rentals.

I'm going to break the world record in the high jump that day

While all eyes were on the Jack Smith hearing, this was going on in a different hearing room: www.instagram.com/jordanuhl_/r...

WHO'S READY? WE'RE LIVE IN 30 MIN!!!

Are you now or have you ever been in cahoots with the notion that people can change? When history happens again if you do or you did you'll be blamed. From baseless inquiry To no knocking entry Becoming the law of the land To half cocked excuses for bullet abuse regarding anything browner than tan

Me when I post on Bluesky:

New Ctrl-Alt-Speech! This Episode is Broadly Safe to Listen To podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis... This week, Ben and I talk a lot about Claude's new 23,000 word Constitution, and how it's a fascinating exploration of trying to define trust & safety values in the form of a controlling doc.

Pouring more money into DHS while it operates with impunity and a blatant disregard for human life is unconscionable. You don’t fix abuse by funding it. You stop it by cutting off its funding and dismantling the institution that’s terrorizing communities. tinyurl.com/mr3em3k8

ah thankfully I worked out a postponement with the organizers of this weekend's speaking gig and will NOT be attempting to fly into LGA at the height of the worst storm in a decade

My original boarding pass says my connection departs from C39, the email American sent me says my flight departs from C9, and the board in the airport says C2. I went to check flight status on their website to see if I could collect a fourth gate number!